Books and
treatises relating to the General Prophethood and to
the Prophethood of
Muhammad, its proofs, signs and establishment.
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Dalā'il al-nubuwwa (Testimonia to the
Prophethood of Muhammad); Ithbāt al-nubuwwa
(The Establishment of the Prophethood)
A`lamāt al-nubuwwa
(The Signs of Prophethood) Hujaj al-Nubuwwa (Proofs of the Prophethood) -`Alamat
al-Nubuwwa (Signs of the Prophethood)...
Primary Sources: Dalā'il al-nubuwwa (Testimonia to the
Prophethood of Muhammad) and asociated apologietic writings.
As a result of contact with other faiths, works falling
within the Dalā’il literary genre appeared at least from the time of 9th
centry CE (Kister, CHAL. 1:355) some bearing the title al`ām al‑nubuwwah
(Proofs of the Prophethood). They embody apologetic proofs of the Prophet
Muhammad, stories of his miraculous and wonderful deeds as compared and
contrasted with those of pre‑Islamic Prophets. Among the earliest examples
of this literary genre is the K. Tathbīt Dalā'il al‑Nubuwwah (The Book of
the Establishment of the Proofs of the Prophethood) by al‑Jāḥiẓ
(d.256/870) (see further Kister, CHAL. 1983/:355f).
A Kitāb al‑Dalā’il was written in proof of the Prophet and the Imams by `Abū
al‑`Abbas Ma īk b. Jāmi` al‑Ḥimyār ī [al‑Qummī] (d.c. 300/912). It is
lost but has been cited by Ibn Tāwūs and in Majlisī in his Biḥār al-anwar
4:392‑442 (see Matar, 1993; Kohlberg, xxxx). .
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The Shāfi` ī jurist and
Mu`tazilite theologian al‑QāÞi Abū’l‑Ḥasan b. Aḥmad
al‑Hamadānī (d. 41?/ 1035) known as `Abd al‑Jabbār wrote in 385/995 a work
establishing the prophethood of Muhammad, the Tathb īt dalā’il al‑nubuwwa
nahiyyinā Muhammad as well as other important theological works and a
refutation of Christianity (‑‑>) ( Stern EI21:59‑60;
Anawat ī, ERel. 1:3‑4).
Pines, Stern
and others have discussed whether this work reflects the influence of
possibly pre‑Islamic, Judaeo‑Christian materials. The section of Christians
includes polemic against the three main Christian factions, Jacobites,
Nestorians and Orthodox. The position of Paul is that of a manipulator of
the primitive ecclesia who was crucified horizontally. Jesus was not God’s
Son neither was he crucified. In this work Abd al‑ Jabbār has it that the
original Gospel given to Jesus is no longer in the possession of
Christians. Similar agruments were made Ibn Hazm in his Al‑Fiḍal fi’l‑milal..
`The Bahā’ ī leader Abd al‑Bahā’ also held to a form of this belief
when he stated in one of his numerous alwāḥ
that the lost original Gospel was in Hebrew ( ADD). The Gospel as cited here
by `Abd al‑Jabbār reckons that Jesus’ childhood sojurn in Egypt lasted for
twelve years (Pines, 1966 [Jewish Christians] 51; cf. Idem, 1967:190).
The Dalā’il al‑nubuwwa
of the Shā`fi` ī traditionalist Aḥmad
ibn al‑Ḥusayn al‑Bayhaq ī (d. Nishābūr 458/1066) is "a seven‑volume
compilation which encompasses a great mass of traditions extracted from
earlier biographical and other
ḥad
īth collections" (Rubin, 1995:16; Robson, EI2 1:1130).
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al‑Juwayn ī (d.xxx/1085),
the Imam al‑ the teacher of al‑Ghazāl ī
Dalā’il (Testimonia, Proof
texts.. ) and apologetic writings.
As a result of contact with other faiths, works falling
within the Dalā’il literary genre appeared at least from the
time of 9th centry CE (Kister, CHAL. 1:355) some bearing the title al`ām
al‑nubuwwah (Proofs of the Prophethood). They embody apologetic proofs
of the Prophet Muhammad, stories of his miraculous and wonderful deeds as
compared and contrasted with those of pre‑Islamic Prophets. Among the
earliest examples of this literary genre is the K. Tathb īt Dalā'il al‑Nubuwwah
(The Book of the Establishment of the Proofs of the Prophethood) by al‑Jāḥi¥
(d.256/870) (see further Kister, CHAL. 1983/:355f).
A Kitāb al‑Dalā’il was written in proof of the Prophet and the Imams
by `Abū al‑`Abbas Mal īk b. Jāmi` al‑Ḥimyār ī [al‑Qumm ī] (d.c. 300/912).
It is lost but has been cited by Ibn ÿāwūs and in Majlis ī in his
Biḥār
4:392‑442 (see Matar, 1993;Kohlberg, xxxx). .
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`Abd al‑Jabbār
The Shāfi`ī jurist and Mu`tazilite theologian al‑Qāḍi Abū’l‑Ḥasan b. Aḥmad
al‑Hamadānī (d. 41?/ 1035) known as `Abd al‑Jabbār wrote in 385/995 a work
establishing the prophethood of Muhammad, the Tathbīt dalā’il al‑nubuwwa
nahiyyinā Muhammad as well as other important theological works and a
refutation of Christianity ( Stern EI21:59‑60;
Anawatī, ERel. 1:3‑4).
Pines, Stern
and others have discussed whether this work reflects the influence of
possibly pre‑Islamic, Judaeo‑Christian materials. The section of Christians
includes polemic against the three main Christian factions, Jacobites,
Nestorians and Orthodox. The position of Paul is that of a manipulator of
the primitive ecclesia who was crucified horizontally. Jesus was not God’s
Son neither was he crucified. In this work Abd al‑Jabbār has it that the
original Gospel given to Jesus is no longer in the possession of
Christians. Similar agruments were made Ibn Hazm in his Al‑Fiṣal fi’l‑milal..
`The Bahā’ ī leader Abd al‑Bahā’ also held to a form of this belief
when he stated in one of his numerous alwāḥ
that the lost original Gospel was in Hebrew ( ). The Gospel as cited here
by `Abd al‑Jabbār reckons that Jesus’ childhood sojurn in Egypt lasted for
twelve years (Pines, 1966 [Jewish Christians] 51; cf. Idem, 1967:190).
The Dalā’il al‑nubuwwa
of the Shā`fi` ī traditionalist Aḥmad
ibn al‑Ḥusayn al‑Bayhaq ī (d. Nishābūr 458/1066) is "a seven‑volume
compilation which encompasses a great mass of traditions extracted from
earlier biographical and other
ḥad
īth
collections" (Rubin, 1995:16; Robson, EI2 1:1130).
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al-Bayhaqī, Abu Bakr Ahmad
ibn al-Husayn, (458/1066).
The Dalā’il al‑nubuwwa of the
Shā`fi` ī traditionalist Aḥmad
ibn al‑Ḥusayn al‑Bayhaqī (d. Nishābur 458/1066) is "a seven‑volume
compilation which encompasses a great mass of traditions extracted from
earlier biographical and other
ḥadīth
collections" (Rubin, 1995:16; Robson, EI2 1:1130).
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Dalā'il al-nubuwwa wa-ma'rifat aḥwāl sāḥib al-sharfa. ed.
'Abd al-Mu'in Qal'ājī, 7 vols, Beirut, 1405/1985.
al-Ḥafiẓ al-Kabīr, Abi Na'īm
al-Isfahānī (d. 430/ 1038).
- Dalā'il al-nubuwwa. ed.
Muhammad Rawwas and `Abd al-Barr `Abbas 2 vols. in 1. Beirut Dar al-Nafa'is [1406/1986]
1419/1999. pp. 694 (incl. indexes).
Abū Bakr al-Firyābī
al-Sijistānī, Abu Ya`qūb Isḥāq ( ADD cent CE) Ismā'īlī writer.
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Kitāb
Ithbāt al-Nubu'wwat. al-Tawzīʻ, al-Maktabah al-Sharqīyah, c
1982.Beirūt, Lebanon: Dār al-Mashriq (16, 201 pp., [4] p. of
plates) : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Kitāb
Ithbāt al-Nubu'wwat. ed. and introd. `Ārif Tāmir., Beirut: Dār al-Mashriq,
1966 + 1986. ISBN = 2-7214-7978-2. (201pp.).*
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
*
Abu
Ḥātim al-Rāzī (d. 322/934)
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A`lām al-Nubuwwa ("The Peaks of
Prophecy"). ed + Introduction Salah al-Sāwī and Ghulam Reza Aavani.
Tehran: The Imperisl Iranian Academy of Philosophy, (Series on
Isma'ili Thought. General Editor, Seyyed Hossein Nasr), 1397/1977
(xxx+2+350 + Index + Introd. Nasr.
*
al‑Juwaynī (d.xxx /1085), the Imam
al‑ the teacher of al‑Ghazāl ī
Secondary
Sources
Stroumsa, Sarah,
Abu Zayd, Ν.Η.,
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`Al-Sīra al-nabawiyya sira sha'biyya',
Majallat al-fiinūn al-shabiyya,
32-33 (June-December, 1991), 17-36
